Social DynamicsBafflegab
Manifesting
MAN-ih-fest-ingnoun
What it means
The belief that wanting something hard enough is a strategy, popular among people with other options.
What it actually means
I have not made a plan.
How it is used in a sentence
"I'm manifesting a corner office by thirty."
Filed under
Social Dynamics — The unwritten rules we invented online and now enforce in public without irony.
Bafflegab — The phrase means nothing. We are ridiculing it.
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Delulu
Social Dynamicsdih-LOO-looadjectiveDiagnosis
Describes a belief held so far beyond the available evidence that the only honest response is to give it a nickname.
Real meaningWe stopped calling it denial because denial sounds like a problem.
Adulting
Social Dynamicsuh-DUL-tingnounBafflegab
The performance of ordinary tasks with the theatrical exhaustion of someone who was never informed they would be required.
Real meaningI booked a dentist appointment.